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[–] JackGreenEarth@lemm.ee 121 points 1 year ago (5 children)

You can, there's just an extremely low chance that you will.

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 44 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Slides $20 across table

How about now? πŸ˜‰

[–] lnee@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago

The law does not accept bribes

[–] janAkali@lemmy.one 8 points 1 year ago

We will see what we can do. 😐

[–] pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 1 year ago

Let me get my "Quantum sledgehammer"...

[–] dessimbelackis@lemmy.world 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Big β€œthrow yourself at the ground and miss” vibes here

[–] Aqarius@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Well, essentially, yes.

[–] Seasoned_Greetings@lemm.ee 16 points 1 year ago (2 children)

When you think about it like that, there's an insanely higher (but still ultimately miniscule) chance that only some part of you will make it through the wall and then just leave you stuck there.

Like the person that got stuck in the floor of the Enterprise-D.

[–] onion@feddit.de 6 points 1 year ago

Also the wall is a bit more than one layer of atoms thick, so wouldn't there be a high chance part of you only tunnels partially through the wall?

[–] Turun@feddit.de 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

We also exhibit wave-particle duality. It's just that our wavelength is on the order of 10^-25 m or something.

[–] onion@feddit.de 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You just gotta run fast enough, trust me bro

[–] cynar@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

You joke, but in theory it can be done. However, you also need to be completely isolated in a hard vacuum.

There is no duality, there are only waves, and very, very lazy waves.

Thats why we are here on science memes!

[–] Semi-Hemi-Demigod@kbin.social 54 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I've seen kids that age test this theory

[–] Anticorp@lemmy.ml 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

When I was a kid I was convinced that I could do it if I honed my mind sharp enough, and mastered my body. I'm still not convinced that it's impossible, because I didn't have the discipline to achieve perfection.

Anyone who - upon learning they are made of atoms - does not try to align them with another object so they may pass through it, lacks a scientific mind.

[–] tdawg@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I have the scar to prove it

[–] thisNotMyName@lemmy.world 40 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well according to quantum theory, you can (the possibility is just very low)

If you have nearly infinite time, you can try and succeed one day

[–] Omega_Haxors@lemmy.ml 18 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

You can, but the little detail that a lot of people miss is that it takes a lot of energy to do so, more than you could probably survive.

[–] sudoshakes@reddthat.com 6 points 1 year ago

There is a reason they call it the strong force.

Get stronger or eat wall.

[–] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Win-win.

Walk through a wall and just cease to be.

[–] YeetPics@mander.xyz 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Keep trying, sending scalar vibes your way.

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

Fuck thoughts and prayers, send scalar waves and quantum entanglement.

[–] Evilsandwichman@hexbear.net 10 points 1 year ago

Um....you can, they're called doors

Parts of you do

[–] MataVatnik@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Maybe get your entire body to reach quantum coherence

[–] jlow@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago

Weak nuclear force?